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Scars

A scar is a permanent patch of skin that grows over a wound. It forms when your body heals itself after a cut, scrape, burn or sore. You can also get scars from surgery that cuts through the skin, from infections like chickenpox, or skin conditions like acne. Scars are often thicker, as well as pinker, redder or shinier, than the rest of your skin.

How your scar looks depends on

Scars usually fade over time but never go away completely. If the way a scar looks bothers you, various treatments might minimize it. These include surgical revision, dermabrasion, laser treatments, injections, chemical peels and creams.

Scar on Wikipedia

A '''scar''' results from the biologic process of wound repair in the skin and other biological_tissue of the body. Thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process. With the exception of very minor lesions, every wound (e.g. after accident, disease, or surgery) results in some degree of scarring. Scar tissue is not identical to the tissue which it replaces and is usually of inferior functional quality. For example, scars in the skin are less resistant to ultraviolet radiation, and sweat glands and hair follicles do not grow back within scar tissue, myocardial infarction causes scar formation in the heart muscle which leads to loss of muscular power and possibly heart failure. However, there are some tissues (e.g. bone) which can heal without any structural or functional deterioration.

Scars of the skin

A scar is a natural part of the healing process. Skin scars occur when the deep, thick layer of skin (the dermis) is damaged. To mend the damage, the body has to lay down new collagen fibres (a naturally occurring protein which is produced by the body). This process results in a scar. Because the body cannot re-build the tissue exactly as it was, the new scar tissue will have a different texture and quality to the surrounding normal tissue. An injury does not become a scar until the wound has completely healed. Most skin scars are of the flat and pale variety, which leave a trace of the original injury which caused them. Sometimes the body can over-produce collagen, which results in a scar which is raised above the surrounding skin, these are known as either '''Hypertrophic scars''' or '''Keloid scars'''. Hypertrophic scars take the form of a red raised lump on the skin, but do not grow beyond the boundaries of the original wound, and they often improve in appearance after a few years. Keloid scars are a more serious form of scarring, because they can carry on growing indefinitely into ...   [ Read More ]

External Resources

Apollo Movie Guide - Scarred City - Review, links, and cast information.

Rotten Tomatoes: Scarred City - Links to movie reviews, synopsis, and cast and crew information.

IMDb: Scarred City (1998) - Cast and crew information, plot summary, and user comments.

Wind Scar - Character and weapon profiles, anime information, image gallery, fan art and fiction, downloads, episode summaries, and email service.

Mermaid's Scar - Introduction, image galleries, lyrics and general information.

Kenshin Cross Scar - Fan art, wallpapers, image gallery, fan fiction, lyrics, music, WinAmp skin, cursors, icons, and links.

Scar-Crossed Wanderer - Gallery of screen-captures, fan art, and a selection of winamp skins.

Strictly Scar - Dedicated to Scar, with fan art, screen grabs, quicktime movies, sounds, and text files.

My Atlantis - Started in 2004, two San Francisco artists work with local communities to create mosaics that transform graffiti scarred and crumbling walls into scenic views, portraits of community values and abstract creations.

Patterns Scarring - A fan site with discography, album reviews, biography, art, lyrics, photos, and links.

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